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Global Left Midweek - September 4, 2019

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Three Reports From UK * La Via Campesina on the Amazon Fire * Solidarity with Kurds in Turkey * German Unions and Climate Action * West Bengal Postmortem * Opposing Xenophobia in South Africa * Immanuel Wallerstein 1930-2019

Witnessing a Federal Execution

Peter Slevin The New Yorker
In 2001, at the Federal Prison in Terre Haute, I witnessed the execution of Juan Raul Garza. What, I wondered then, does the death penalty accomplish?

The Rise of a New Climate Activism

Sophie Yeo Ecologist
Climate activism isn’t new, but the last year has seen a resurgence in attention devoted to the subject.

Labor Day 2019: Surveys Show Wages NOT Rising and Jobs 500,000 Fewer

Jack Rasmus jackrasmus.com
Contrary to Trump, US government, and mainstream media hype and reporting—a growing number of independent surveys show that wages have not been rising as they claim. And 500,000 fewer jobs were actually created last year than initially reported.

Why Doctors Should Organize

Eric Topol The New Yorker
Meeting the challenges of modern medicine will require more than seeing patients.